Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

There are eligibility criteria under the code:

To participate in the Code, a corporation must apply for their news business to be registered by the ACMA. An 'applicant corporation' seeking to register a news business must also apply to be registered by the ACMA as a 'registered news business corporation' and demonstrate that they operate or control that news business, either by themselves or together with other corporations.

This is outlined in the explanatory memorandum, points 1.51 to 1.57, under which news businesses can participate in the code.